When I heard the song "Swannee River" as a child, I didn't know that it was about any particular river. I thought it was "swanny river", meaning a river with a lot of swans swimming on it. So I supposed the song to be about any river with lots of swans.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to think that the river police were there to stop naughty people from pulling the plug out.— Linda
- i used to believe that swans were mythical creatures like unicorns or a phoenix.
— amber - When I first heard Bruce Springsteen's song, "Born in the USA," I thought that the song was "Porn in the USA"Anon
- When I first heard the song "Constant Craving" by KD Lang, I thought she was singing "God save gravy."Anon
- i thaught the michael jackson song billy jean song said Janet's not my son Anon
- In a religious song, instead of “Jesus Christ” I heard “Cheese is Prize”— EJ